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Our history

CG-Chair

CG-Chair

Chair of the Chemical Society of the GDR (CG)

In chronological order

Term of officeChair

1953–1955

Erich Thilo

1955–1957

Johannes Nelles

1957–1959

Wolfgang Langenbeck

1959–1961

Kurt Meyer

1961–1963

Hans H.M. Beyer

1963-1965

Friedrich Wolf

1965–1967

Günther Drefahl

1967–1969

Hans Singer

1969–1975

Hans-Joachim Bittrich

1975–1980

Manfred Rätzsch

1980–1985

Burkart Philipp

1985–1988

Egon Fanghänel

1989–1990

Reinhard Nitzsche

In alphabetical order

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Hans H.M. Beyer

* 1905 / † 1971

Term of office: 1961–1963

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Hans-Joachim Bittrich

* 1923 / † 2010

Term of office: 1969–1975

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Günther Drefahl

* 1922 / † 2013

Term of office: 1965–1967

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Egon Fanghänel

* 1935 / † 2023

Term of office: 1985–1988

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Wolfgang Langenbeck

* 1899 / † 1967

Term of office: 1957–1959

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Kurt Meyer

* 1904 / † 1978

Term of office: 1959–1961

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Johannes Nelles

* 1910 / † 1968

Term of office: 1955–1957

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Reinhard Nitzsche

* 1936

Term of office: 1989–1990

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Burkart Philipp

* 1925 / † 2015

Term of office: 1980–1985

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Manfred Rätzsch

* 1933

Term of office: 1975–1980

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Hans Singer

* 1921 / † 1979

Term of office: 1967–1969

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Erich Thilo

* 1898 / † 1977

Term of office: 1953–1955

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Friedrich Wolf

* 1920 / † 1986

Term of office: 1963–1965

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